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This artist’s impression shows a view of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the solar system. ESO/M. Kornmesser

NASA’s TESS spacecraft is finding hundreds of exoplanets – and is poised to find thousands more

Daniel Apai, University of Arizona et Benjamin Rackham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Beyond the outer edge of the Solar System, mysterious, unknown worlds await by the thousands. Astronomers can now finally find them and explore them - but will we find another Earth?
The idea that there’s a moral imperative for humans to expand beyond Earth is echoed by influential proponents of space exploration. Tamara Craiu/Flickr

To boldly go toward new frontiers, we first need to learn from our colonial past

Alice Gorman, Flinders University

Technology had enabled humans to explore the deep sea, the Earth’s poles, and outer space. But we shouldn’t forget historical lessons about frontiers in the process of traversing them.

Thèmes connexes

  1. Astronomy
  2. Crowdsourcing information
  3. Exoplanets
  4. Habitable planets
  5. Millennium Project
  6. Peace and Security
  7. Solar system
  8. Space
  9. Virtual communities

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